Born in Pisa (Italy) on November 4th, 1959
- 1997 –present Full Professor in Mathematics at the University of Florence
- 1994-1997 Full Professor in Mathematics at the University of L’Aquila
- 1988 -1991 Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Pavia
- 1988- 1991 Associate Professor in Mathematics at the University of Milan
- 1984-1988 Assistant Professor (Ricercatore Universitario) at the University of Tor Vergata (Rome)
Education:
- 1982-1984 PhD Student in Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- 1978-1984 Undergraduated Student in Pisa (University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore)
- 1973-1978 High School Student (Liceo Classico Viareggio)
- 1984 Diploma in Mathematics (Scuola Normale Superiore)
- 1982 Laurea in Mathematics (110/110 with honour) (University of Pisa)
- 1978 High School Diploma (60/60) (Liceo Classico Viareggio)
In 1982-1983 Trainee at Italsiel (ICT firm) studying Artificial Intelligence and mathematical models of Software lifespan
In 1982 Scholar at INdAM (http://www.altamatematica.it/)
In 1985-1986 military service as officer of Italian Navy: first on duty in the Intelligence Service, then on the tallship “Amerigo Vespucci” (during the summer campaign) as Mathematics teacher for the cadets
Visiting professor in several University:
- Northwestern University (18 months),
- University of New South Wales (3 months),
- Australian National University (3 months),
- Saint Petersburgh’s Academy of Science (1 month),
- Marnee la Vallee University(1 month),
- Rosario University (1 month),
- Cuyo University (Mendoza) (1 month),
- Ulm University (1 month),
- UAM of Mexico City (1 month),
- Haifa University (1 month),
- Vanderbilt University (6 months).
[Institutional Activities]
- 1999-2001. was scientific secretary and treasurer of the Foundation CIME (International Mathematical Summer Center)
- Since 2005 is in the list of national experts by MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) and MISE (Ministry of Economic Development)
- 2011. Member of the Board of Directors INdAM (appointed by the Minister)
- Member of the Interministerial Commission (as an expert of the MEF (Ministry of Economy and Finance)) on the Project FISR (Integrated Special Research Fund) "Sustainable development and climate change."
- Panel Member of the Turin Wi-Fi (appointed by MIUR)
- Member of the Working Group on ICT-FAR (Industrial Research Facilities Fund) (ICT is Information and Communication Technology) (appointed by MIUR)
- Member of ICT projects (appointed by MISE)
- Board Member of Strategic Projects (appointed by MIUR)
- Member of the Commission MISE - spin-off (appointed by MISE)
- Deputy Coordinator Panel ICT PON (National Operational Programme)-competitiveness (appointed by MIUR)
- Member of the Commission for the search of partners for the "Creation of Centres of Excellence for programs with significant technical content of Research and Innovation" in the Province of Salerno (appointed by Province of Salerno)
- Since 2009 Member of the Committee of the University Italo-German for joint evaluation of projects
- Expert of APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research) (ICT area)
- Founder and creator of a laboratory CUDA Computing for the Department of Mathematics (University of Florence). Joint laboratory with the Department of Mathematics of Unisa (University of Salerno) and funded by contributions given by CFR (Savings Bank of Florence)
[Professional Activities]
- Associate with INFOTEL (firm ICT) for applications of the theory of Levy processes to simulate the performance of financial markets
- Associate with FFMiravite INC. (financial consulting firm in the Philippines) for due diligence of a trading model
- Contributed to Quantica (Venture Capital Company by CNR) for the assessment of an industrial initiative on the blogosphere
[Leader of Scientific Projects]
- Responsible for an exchange project Italy-Germany (project Vigoni - CRUI), (Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities)
- Leader of a e project Italy-Morocco (CNR) (National Research Council)
- Leader of a project between Italy and Russia (MFA) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Leader of a project Italy-USA (MFA)
- Leader of a project Italy-Hungary (MFA)
- Leader of a project between the University of Florence and University of Mendoza (Argentina) (Unifi)
- Local Responsible of a CNR strategic project on applications of Mathematics in Engineering
- National Responsible of a CNR strategic project titled "Mathematical modeling of economic phenomena"
- Responsible for three Research Projects GNAMPA (National Group for Mathematical Analysis, the Probability and their Applications)
- Project Manager of a Government Research Project (Research Programs of Relevant National Interest) 2002 coordinated by Italo Capuzzo Dolcetta "Methods for Viscosity, metric, and control theory in nonlinear partial differential equations"
- Responsible for the Erasmus link between the Universities of Florence and :
- Marnee-la Vallee (Fr)
- Tuebingen (D)
- Ulm (D)
- Budapest (Hu)
- Constance (Ro)
[Evaluator of National Industrial Projects]
For MIUR
- Evaluator of a project of the Technology Park of Elba Island
- Evaluator of 11 FAR Projects
- Evaluator of a 488 Laws Project
- Evaluator of 8 PON Projects
- Evaluator of 8 FISR Project
- Evaluator of of a Great Strategic Project
- Evaluator of a project "Research Laboratories of Public and Private"
- Evaluator of a project Spin-Off
- Evaluator of 2 Artemis-Ju Projects (see http://www.artemis-ju.eu/)
- Evaluator of 3 projects Pon-Innovation
For MISE
- Evaluator of 4 PIA Innovation Projects (Integrated Project Area)
- Evaluator of project Pia Networking
- Evaluator of a project ICT-MAP
- Evaluator of 2 projects FIT-PON (Technological Innovation Fund)
- Evaluator of 2 FIT Projects
- Evaluation of a project carried out by the firm under the contract UNICOM program of 21 / 4 / 1999
- Evaluator of a project MISE Start Up
- Evaluation of an Industry Project 2015 (Invitalia)
For MIPAF
- Evaluator of a project on computerization of MIPAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
At regional level
- Evaluator of 4 Projects for Filas (Lazio Financial Development), an agency of the Technology District of the Lazio Region
- Evaluator of 6 Projects funded by 598 law for the regions of Lazio, Marche, Puglia and Umbria
- Evaluator of 12 PIA Industry Projects for the region of Sardinia
- Evaluator of 3 Projects for Veneto Innovation , the Veneto Region Agency
[Evaluator of National research projects]
- Evaluator of PRIN Projects
- Project evaluators for CIVR (Committee for the Evaluation of Research)
- Referee of proposals for the project "Return of the Brains"
[Evaluator of International European Projects]
- Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Program "Initial Training Network" in 2007, 2008 and 2011
- Evaluator for the European Commission Marie Curie Action Programme - "International Fellowships" 2010.e 2011
- Project Evaluator for the Italo-German University
- Project Evaluator for the Italo-French University (Vinci Project)
In the committee for university competitions
- In the committee for CNR fellowship
- In the committee for Research Grants
- In the committee for PhD fellowship (8 times in total , 2 times abroad, in Finland and Morocco)
- In the committee for Teaching Assistant positions (10 times)
- In the committee for Associate Professor positions (3 times)
- In the committee for Full Professor positions (5 times)
[Scientific Activities]
- Invited speaker in several international conferences in Italy and abroad
- Referee for several international journals
- In the Editorial Board of Financial Mathematics and Applications
- Advisor of several thesis in collaboration with Banca Toscana, Infogroup, European Central Bank
- Author of more than 80 scientific publications, concerning the existence and the regularity of solution to nonlinear equations arising from Mathematical Physics and the application of Functional Analysis to evolution equations. In the last years the research interests are directed also to mathematical models and to applications to Finance and Industrial Mathematics.
In the Scientific Committee of several international meetings:
- INDAM workshop in Cortona (Evolution Equations and Applications), coorganizers Howison and Lanconelli
- INDAM workshop in Cortona (Harnack Inequalities and Positivity), coorganizers Gianazza and Urbano
- HCPFIN99 – Ischia (application of Parallel Calculus to Finance)
- I Euro-Maghreb Conference – L'Aquila, (cooperation exchanges between Maghreb and Italy in collaboration with CRUI (http://www.crui.it/) and Italian Foreign Office) Functional Analysis and Finance – Diamante
- Saet –Ischia, (Application of Functional analysis to Finance)
- SIMAI – Taormina, (Application of Functional analysis to Finance)
- SIMAI - Chia (Application of Functional analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic)
- SIMAI - Venezia (Application of Functional analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic) SIMAI – Scicli (Application of Functional analysis to Finance)
- Enumath 2001 –Ischia (Application of Informatics and Numerical Analysis to Finance) AIRO 2002 (L'Aquila) – (Application of Functional analysis to Multimedial Network Traffic)
- I and II meeting Argentina and Italy (Firenze and Buenos Aires- in collaboration with the Italian Foreign Office)
- Meeting about Finance Mathematics – Politecnico di Milan (coorganizer Barucci)
- XXV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Maiori (coorganizer D'Apice)
- Beppo Levi meeting – Rome (to commemorate the exile of Beppo Levi from Italy due to the racial laws)
- 2009 INdAM Intensive period (two months) Pavia and Politecnico of Milan (coorganizers Gianazza and Salsa
- NonLinear Evolution Equations – Mondello (PA) (coorganizers Bonanno, Ciraolo, Di Fazio and Grillo)